Miniature Minotaurs with Kurt Gottschalk:
Playlist
from April 3, 2015

"I fancy him at the court of Minos, anxious to know what sort of unmentionable monster the Minotaur may be, whether he is as frightful as all that or perhaps charming?" - Albert Camus
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Fri. 4/3/15 3:36pm
glenn:
as much as i'm an advocate for swearies, they get a bit tiresome after a while.

Fri. 4/3/15 3:37pm
Caryn:
If we're talking banjo, I'll always root for "Journey of the Sorcerer" because 1) it's great, 2) it's the only bearable Eagles track and 3) the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy connection makes it even greater.

Fri. 4/3/15 4:30pm
Caryn:
I missed the start of the show. Has the playlist been adopted yet? I'm asking because I'm unsure whether the "This space has been intentionally left blank" thing is a sign that there's been no adoption yet or an artistic statement.

Fri. 4/3/15 4:37pm
Kurt Gottschalk:
you're probably right, caryn. but someone needs to step up and make it their own!

Fri. 4/3/15 4:38pm
Caryn:
I briefly contemplated adoption, but all my art is in non-digital form, so there goes that. Considering the success of the Marathon gif, I'm kinda hoping Greg will end up as the adopter.

Fri. 4/3/15 4:42pm
Carmichael:
Hi Kurt and Friday people. I loves me some banjo. Was listening last night to that strange Seattle band Pretty Green. They have lots of banjo, if you can stand the guy's lead vocal.

Fri. 4/3/15 4:48pm
P-90:
@common: Way to go! Tell the Man where he can stick it! When Kenzo figures out how we can buy each other drinks over this gizmo, I owe you one...

Fri. 4/3/15 4:49pm
Dean:
Damn, missed a ton of good stuff. I heard Holshauser, Bennink & Moore at the Freight around the time of the Ramboy recording. Was splendid.

Fri. 4/3/15 4:58pm
JakeGould:
@Dean: Yeah, sorry to gloat about the rain in NYC. Also the pizza, the women, the music, the city itself… Gloating about it all.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:00pm
Dean:
Gloat away. But the pizza, well, I'm afraid nothing beats the joint i visit in Southern California in unincorporated LA County. It is the antithesis of every species of pizza served these days. Hot out of the oven it's unbeatable.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:04pm
JakeGould:
@Dean: Also you have “In and Out” burger. NYC has nothing like that. It’s all either diner burgers, fast food dreck or artisanal overwrought burgers served with something weird… Like tater tots instead of fries…

Fri. 4/3/15 5:05pm
V Priceless:
NYC area also kicks butt in bagel superiority - it's in the wonderful water we get from those flooded towns upstate like Neversink and Bittersweet.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:05pm
P-90:
am I the only one having stream problems via iOS app?

Fri. 4/3/15 5:08pm
P-90:
In NY we have Shake Shack and a few others in the In-N-Out mode, but none of them are quite as good.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:08pm
JakeGould:
@VPriceless: I’d say the bagels as well, but I am just old enough to remember when they were truly great. Like crusts you could lose a tooth on. Basically big circular pretzels. Ahh, the good old days. Watch this film from the good old days of 1970s bagel making. Note no protective gloves. Also ignore the yammering narrator. www.youtube.com...

Fri. 4/3/15 5:10pm
chris:
P-90, have you killed the iOS app and restarted?

Ess-A-Bagel is the shit for bagels in NYC.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:10pm
JakeGould:
@P-90:Yes, “Shake Shack” is the closest to “In-N-Out” but still, that is on the rare/artisanal side. I like them but burger places in California are just so consistently good. In contrast just fast food dreck here.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:19pm
JakeGould:
@chris: That looks amazing! I live in a part of Brooklyn that is a bit Middle Eastern and I think that if some kid growing up with shawarma would just come up with a decent basic burger but made with like ground shawarma meat that would be killer.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:22pm
JakeGould:
@Caryn: You mean that “Mile End” place that imports bagels from Montreal? I lived near them and the food is not bad, but not great… Not worth going out of your way for… Especially on the bagel front.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:22pm
glenn:
you are referring to the mighty montreal bagel, as made at fairmount bagel, and taken warm to brooklyn every morning.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:25pm
JakeGould:
@glenn: Importing bagels from Montreal to NYC is just not right. I still have my memories of real old school NYC bagels so tough to accept imported bagels are good. And yeah, Montreal bagels are good. But still.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:36pm
V Priceless:
interesting, aside from the 'sweet factor', the less doughy, crispy angle of The Montreal variety does sound very nice....

Fri. 4/3/15 5:36pm
Caryn:
@glenn: well, it was a documentary series focusing on different food-related things. That time it was Fairmount Bagels, and transporting them to NYC daily. I seem to remember someone like Bourdain talking about how superior Montreal bagels were to NYC ones, which pained him.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:36pm
glenn:
i have never had a toronto bagel any where near as goodas anything from montreal. they're too big, and not dense enough.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:37pm
Carmichael:
I think everyone named Ted must be nuts.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:38pm
JakeGould:
Also I think the issue is not just the water, but the flour used in dough nowadays. Unless you go out of your way for better quality flour, every place in NYC nowadays uses sacks of Pillsbury crap. No disrespect to that paunchy little Doughboy, but man… That stuff is like just so close to pure sugar nowadays.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:45pm
Dean:
A chain of Quebecois poutine restaurants just opened its first US store in Berkeley.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:47pm
PB:
glenn, Montreal and Toronto bagels are very different. I guess it depends what you grew up with. I grew up in Toronto but did appreciate the uniqueness of Montreal bagels. Great in their own way.

Fri. 4/3/15 5:48pm
glenn:
i grew up in milton. i never saw a bagel until i moved here.